I want to chime in with a recent experience. I've purchased several pairs of pants from Jaimson over the years, and two sweaters. I have not purchased anything in the past year, and was slightly worried based on the recent experiences of others in this thread.
I decided to order a sweater anyway. I received shipping notification in about two days, and the package arrived two days later. Unfortunately, while the card attached to the sweater was the correct size, the...

Transparency is not really an issue, if you hold up to the sun, yes, you can see through it, but for normal tie wear, it is not transparent (thishas been discussed before, and most who have untipped grenadines like the effect, however subtle)I went with four fold purely out of economics, For four ties it's $320 (four fold) or $480 for six fold, for the same $480, I could get an additional two ties.

I will give you my experience:1. Lightly lined (again, what pinkpanther said, tell David what kind of knot you use, and how big you want your knot, I told him FIH knot, to acheive a meduim sized knot, FWIW, my knots are just a hair smaller than Flyswatters knot)2. There are four different grendine weaves, not sure about two sources, but the different weaves may have different colors for the same color name, i.e. Navy Fina may not be exactly the same shade as navy Grossa,...